The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-04

NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Terrorizes His Audience "A Citizer
of Jackson County Attacked by a
Vicious Bull and Nearly Killed.
GEORGIA.
Rents have advanced 20 per cent. at Al
bany.
At High Shoals. the mills are being rap
idly filled with new machinery.
The post Office officials at Americas SOLD
5000 &c. stamped envelopes in one lot Thurs
day
Griffin will try to have 1875 men III the
torchlight procession at Atlanta on the oc-
casion of President Clevelani's visit.
Two weeks ago, near Powell's mills in
Oconee county, a man broke his leg at the
ankle. Now it will have to be amputated
70 save his life.
A farmer named Gearcy, who lives just
above Centre, has just lost by fire every
thing he had in the world, consisting of his
homestead and its contents.
Mr. Scupin, a mining expert, has been
prospecting in Hall and adjoining counties
for several weeks, and has met with great
success in finding splendid specimens of gold
ore.
Albany's little enterprises turn loose about
$1,000 in weekly wages in the city. The
oil mill, the ice factory, and the COMPRISES
are the acquisitions OF the last few years and
lllOuUuS.
The citizens of Guyton voted on incorpo
ration last Tuesday, which resulted in favor
of Incorporating the town by a good ma
jority. Representative Rawls can now go
ahead and put the bill through.
S. NJ. Chambee, former Tax Collector of
Hall county is fearfully in arrears with the
county For the year 1888 he owes 1924 So:
1854, $sl3 "a; 1885, $l45 70; 1886, 81
75S 40: total amount due, $3,043 Co.,
Albany's cotton receipts for August were
2,S20 bales. The cotton receipts are now
averaging about the same that they did a
month later in the season last year. The
crop is being harvested and marketed rap
idly.
Rev. E. B. Carroll, having accepted the
permanent call of the Camilla Baptist
church to serve with preaching every Sun
day, has resigned the charge of Hickory
Head church, Brooks county. 1t is proba-
Bile that Rev. J. M. Rushin will accept the
call to succeed him.
Wednesday afternoon, the boiler of en-
CINE "Carrollton,n drawing the passenger
and freight from Griffin, when within three
miles of Carrollton, bursted, but fortunately
no one was hurt. Jim Mitchell. the express
route agent, walked into Carrollton and Sc
CURED hacks to convey the passengers to
their destination
The Tallapoosa Land, Mining and Manu-
featuring Company shipped to Atlanta from
their marble quarry Wednesday, slab of
marble weighing $500 pounds. 1t was of
even texture, fine, grain, very white, and
susceptible of an elegant polish. 1t will be
dressed and polished and exhibited at the
Piedmont fair at Atlanta.
The Tallapoosa Land Company is in cor
respondence with a furniture factory, a
tannery, a boot and shoe mandatory, and
a creamery, all of which are thinking of
locating in Tallapoosa. Arrangements
have already been completed for a large
single, planning and lath mill, and the fac
tory will soon be in operation.
Willie Blount, assisted by Charles Da-
mour, is busily engaged in indexing the
court records of Bib county. The work
extends back to 1923, and has been brought
up to 1S47, covering a period of twenty-four
years. 1t is very tedious and requires hard
labor, but when done it will be valuable
addition to the county library.
At the Board of Trade meeting at Griffin
Thursday six directors were elected, as fol-
lows: W. J. Kincaid, r. P. McWilliams.
A. c. Sorrell, n B. Drewry, R. F. Strick-
land and 81. H. Bass. A constitution and
bylaws were adopted and the meeting adj
5ourned. The directors viii now take charge
of affairs belonging to the board, which now
numbers about fifty members
There will be a mass meeting Of Macon
citizens at the Academy of Music Tuesday
might. The object of the meeting is to take
action to provide for the proper reception
of Mr.. Davis. the surviving members of the
Confederate Cabinet, the Confederate Gen
erals and the Confederate veterans who will
be there at the reunion of all surviving ex-
Confederates at the State Fair on Oct. 90.
j. G. Statham, of Santa Fe district, jack
son county, was very badly hunt last Mon
day by vicious Jersey bull. The bull
knocked Mr.. Starham down and trampled
upon him until he was unconscious Other
parties with guns loaded with buckshot went
out to capture the ferocious animal The
animal made fight and received the buck
shot in the face, but continued the fight
until bis antagonists left him master of the
field.
Rev. w. B. Burke, of Macon, Rev. G. o.
Mosely, Of Arkansas, and Miss Gaines, of
Kentucky, are probably being borne across
the billowy bosom of the broad Pacific to-
day. They were to have sailed from San
Francisco Thursday. Rev. ]. w. Burke,
FATHER of Rev. w. B.. received letter frlh
his son dated Kansas City, Aug. %, In which
the young missionary speaks very pleasantly
of the RECEPTION he and his party met with
there.
Isaac Dicken, of Watkinsville, awoke at
his usual time Saturday morning and made
an attempt to get up, but on rising he was
bed and died in a few minutes He had
been subject to these spells for some time,
and it was thought to be heart disease. He
was somewhat given to drink, and was con-
siderably intoxicated the day and night be-
fore, which, it is thought, brought on his
Sudden end.
William Wansley was accidentally killed
near Ruekersville, in Ebert county, on the
morning of Sept. l. He was assisting in
hauling stock logs and was on the log wagon
when the party that was holding down the
lever on the tongue of the wagon Jumped
off, the lever not being fastened flew back,
striking Mr.. Wansley on the head He
lived about an hour, but died before medical
assistance could reach him. He was about
"a years old and popular young man.
The stock of the Tallapoosa Land, Mining
and Manufacturing Company is being rap
idly bought up The company has resolved
to sell SIPS, 900 of the stock at 81 IS per
share of So. This is 25c. on the dollar. The
amount realized from this block of stock
will be devoted to the further development
of property and investments with view to
preparations for the auction sale of lots in
October. Only the amount named will be
sold at this price, when the price of stock
will be advanced by the company to 50 so
per share.
An attempt was made to wreck train on
the Georgia railroad on the night of the